Her furious review attracted over 900 shares from other concerned mothers and patrons of the restaurant.

According to The Sun, Webster and her friends even confronted the manager on the way out who again cited the "policy".

In response, W2 World Buffet apologised and said the incident occurred because an "inexperienced" member of staff was wrongly informed.

In a statement, a representative said, "We would like to apologise to all parties involved. The situation that occurred was the actions of an inexperienced staff member. It is not our company policy to tell mothers where they can breastfeed.

"We can't change what happened but we will do everything to ensure it doesn't happen again including evaluating our staff training and informing all staff members of what has occurred."

Ellie said the incident brought her to 'tears'. (Facebook)

Despite the statement, Facebook users are still dismayed by the incident.

"Lost my customer service after this… Even if they have released a statement," someone said.